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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with and without apathy at baseline

From: Apathy is associated with faster global cognitive decline and early nursing home admission in dementia with Lewy bodies

 

Total sample

AD

DLB

Nonapathy

(n = 124)

Apathy

(n = 72)

p Value*

Nonapathy

(n = 85)

Apathy

(n = 35)

p Value*

Nonapathy

(n = 39)

Apathy

(n = 37)

p Value*

AD/DLB (%)

68.5/31.5

48.6/51.4

.006

      

Sex, male/female

39/85

33/39

.044

64/21

22/13

.169

21/18

17/20

.491

Age, years (SD)

76.2 (7.2)

75.8 (8.6)

.702

75.7 (7.7)

75.7 (7.8)

.865

77.3 (5.9)

75.9 (8.2)

.382

Education, years (SD)

9.8 (3.1)

9.3 (2.6)

.311

9.7 (3.1)

9.2 (2.3)

.497

9.9 (3.0)

9.4 (2.9)

.400

CDR global (IQR)

0.8 (0.5)

1.0 (0.0)

<.001

0.7 (0.5)

1.0 (0.0)

<.001

0.9 (0.5)

1.1 (0.4)

.072

Depression, NPI (SD)

1.4 (1.9)

3.2 (3.1)

<.001

1.4 (1.9)

3.2 (3.1)

.001

1.3 (1.8)

3.2 (3.0)

.003

UPDRS (SD)

6.4 (10.6)

7.6 (10.4)

.175

1.5 (2.6)

2.5 (4.0)

.296

15.9 (13.6)

12.4 (12.2)

.245

CIRS (SD)

5.5 (2.4)

6.3 (2.7)

.034

5.1 (2.1)

5.7 (2.5)

.244

6.5 (2.9)

6.8 (2.8)

.641

Duration of dementia symptoms before baseline, months (SD)

34.8 (21.9)

40.8 (24.7)

.104

32.4 (21.3)

36.6 (22.5)

.298

40.0 (22.4)

44.9 (26.4)

.396

Dementia medication at baseline, yes (%)

52.7

35.8

.029

51.9

41.2

.296

54.8

30.3

.047

Dementia medication at follow-up 1, yes (%)

74.5

79.6

.477

71.6

80.0

.384

81.5

79.2

.835

  1. Abbreviations: AD Alzheimer’s disease, DLB Dementia with Lewy bodies, CDR Clinical Dementia Rating, CIRS Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, UPDRS Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale
  2. * Differences were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test and Pearson’s chi-square test